Russia frees teacher Stephen Hubbard; shark Bukangi swims free

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe're back with the day's top stories.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRussia has freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired American teacher, after nearly five years in detention, in the midst of an apparent warming of ties between Washington and Moscow.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe State Department called the charges against the seventy-four-year-old fabricated, and he is the second American Russia has released in about two months, after former Marine Robert Gilman in August.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeanwhile, LeBron James suited up for the Sixers at Madison Square Garden for the first time, and Philadelphia edged the Knicks, one hundred six to one hundred.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe had fourteen points, and when a fan called him soft for being a West Coast guy, he shot back that he's from Ohio. Sir, that is a whole comeback in two words.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd in South Korea, a ten-foot dusky shark nicknamed Bukangi is back in the open ocean after more than a month stuck in a port canal, on the third rescue attempt.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThird time lucky, with a net, floating platforms and divers.